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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Thornton
4 Fractional South High School's winter guard on winning its
5 fourth straight State title in the Class AA long-flag
6 competition; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The team defeated 3 other schools in the finals,
8 scoring an 89 for a routine performed to music from "Pirates of
9 the Caribbean"; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The winter guard, known as the color guard in fall
11 competition, utilizes flags to perform routines to recorded
12 music; the long-flag competition is divided into 6 classes,
13 based on the size of each school's enrollment; a total of 132
14 teams competed in a variety of events at the winter guard State
15 finals at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign; and
 
16     WHEREAS, The coach of the winter guard team is Carolyn
17 Olson; she became coach of the winter guard during the
18 2000-2001 school year, and the team has taken first place in
19 the event each year since; therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
22 congratulate Thornton Fractional South High School's winter
23 guard on winning its fourth straight State title in the Class
24 AA long-flag competition; and be it further
 
25     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to the winter guard team of Thornton Fractional South
27 High School as an expression of our esteem.